$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries: 752
A player raised under the gun to 1,200, the UTG+1 player called, another player called from middle position, Michael Stonehill called from the small blind, and Josh Arieh reraised from the big blind to 5,500.
The initial raiser tanked for a while before he folded, and the next three players called.
Four players saw the flop of . Stonehill checked, and Arieh bet 6,100. The UTG+1 player folded, and the middle-position player raised to 16,500. Stonehill three-bet it to 50,000, and Arieh quickly folded. The middle-position player thought for a while before he called.
The turn card was the , Stonehill moved all in for 10,800, and his opponent snap-called with for two pair, tens and sixes. But Stonehill turned over for trip sixes, and he needed to avoid a ten on the river to stay alive.
The river card was the , and Stonehill won the pot with his trip sixes to double up in chips.
Michael Stonehill – 151,300 (378 bb)
The tournament clock shows 752 entries so far here on Day 1B, for a two-day total of 1,645. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The total prizepool is already worth more than $5.26 million.
There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.